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Skills and labour market performance in Sweden
Bussi, Margherita; Pareliussen, Jon K. - 2015
Both educational attainment and skills, as measured in the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), are high in Sweden. They are not perfect substitutes, but both are to some degree necessary for successfully integrating in the Swedish labour market. This paper describes the distribution of...
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Structural inequality : the case of Sweden
Robling, Olof; Pareliussen, Jon Kristian - 2017
household composition, age structure, industry structure, educational attainment and immigration on inequality. The influence of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011700314
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Improving well-being in New Zealand through migration
Carey, David - 2019
New Zealand’s immigration system aims to enhance well-being by promoting economic development, reuniting families and … meeting humanitarian objectives. Immigration is high and residence admissions are focused on the high skilled to enhance … economic outcomes. Empirical evidence suggests that immigration has had small positive effects on per capita incomes and has …
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Making the most of immigration in Canada
Carey, David - 2018
Canada’s immigration policy aims to promote economic development by selecting immigrants with high levels of human …-class immigrants, who are selected for their skills, are by far the largest group. The immigration system has been highly successful … language skills and a decline in returns to pre-immigration labour market experience. Canada has responded by modifying its …
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Improving the labour market integration of immigrants in Belgium
Pina, Álvaro Manuel; Corluy, Vincent; Verbist, Gerlinde - 2015
Immigrants make up one fifth of the Belgian working age population, but their labour market integration is poor. Employment rates of non-EU immigrants, in particular, are very low, and the problem extends to their native-born offspring. Further, with more precarious jobs and lower wages,...
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A new profile of migrants in the aftermath of the recent economic crisis
Arslan, Cansin; Dumont, Jean-Christophe; Kone, Zovanga; … - 2015
Growing international migration and diverse characteristics of migrant populations make internationally comparable high-quality data on migrants essential. Regular update of these data is crucial to capture the changes in size and composition of migrant populations. This document presents the...
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Overcoming skills shortages in Canada
Carey, David - 2014
, increasing responsiveness of the education and training system to labour market demand, making the immigration system more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010464990
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LGBTI in OECD countries : a review
Valfort, Marie-Anne - 2017
This paper presents an overview of the socio-economic situation of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender and intersex people (LGBTI), primarily in OECD countries. After investigating the size of this population, the paper zooms in on attitudes toward LGBTI, LGBTI rights and perceived...
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Fighting gender inequality in Sweden
André, Christophe; Bourrousse, Hugo - 2017
Sweden ranks among the best OECD countries in terms of gender equality. Women have a high employment rate, outperform men in education and are well represented in government and parliament. Nevertheless, without further policy measures, achieving parity is still a distant prospect in several...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011700409
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Enhancing the social integration of Roma in Slovak Republic
Bednarik, Michaela; Hidas, Slavomir; Machlica, Gabriel - 2019
Roma account for almost one-tenth of the population in the Slovak Republic. They live mostly excluded from the general population in concentrated settlements, separated neighbourhoods or ghettos. The majority live in poverty and face social exclusion in almost all aspects of everyday life. Only...
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